The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-17
BEAUTIES OF NATURE.
The Discourse of Rev MyrOn w. Reed, a
First Presbyterian Church, Yesterday.

The Discourse of Rev. Myron w. Reed, at
First Presbyterian Church, Yesterday.
The First Presbyterian Church, yesterday
forenoon, had one of the largest audiences it has
ever held, brought together to listen to the
former pastor of that church, Rev. Mvron W.
Reed, now of Denver. Mr. Reeds text was
from the thirty eighth chapter of the book of Job.
twenty eighth and twenty-second verses. He
said it was evident that the Bible was written
by out of-door men, The language of the book
is the language of shepherds and herdsmen, Of
fishermen and sailors. and the clothing of the
book is the garb of nature. Perhaps if the
Bible had been explained more by out-of- door
men we would have had clearer notion OF what
it teaches. A book written out under the stars
can hardly be commented on by man by an
air-tight stove. Nature is drawn upon for
analogy, symbol, comparison and metaphor
Jesus Christ himself is always watching the
things that happen He sees woman putting
heaven in three measures of meal the sower go
ing forth to sow, the house built upon the sand.
Nature is seen in the Bible with naked eye
i mere are more than thousand forms of snow
crystals. Without glass you can distinguish
on the sleeve of black coat the fact that the
fallen snow flakes are not formless; q common
one is like leaf of fern. another a star, and an
other xsiced pyramid
In the West the desert, by irrigation, has be
come garden All this is clumsy compared
with the system by which the planet is irrigated
Observers tell US that the rainfall over the
earth is about the same one year with another
There may be local drouth, but generally the
earth is watered. Even if there Is a famine in
Canaan there is wheat stored in Egypt In ar
earth where men are friends, nobody will starve
There is harvest enought if the man in the land
Of plenty is brother to the man in the land o.
famine.
.'Afy doctrine shall distill as the dew says the
teacher; that is not buckctful emp piled violent
" on the tender herb, breaking it down ant
washing the earth away from its roots but gen
tly. The dew comes to the shriveed blades
scientifically. They attract the dew because
they are snriveled.
The snow being inquired into is moro tina,
good in form. 1t is good also In purpose. 1t i
as warm as wool. There is difference OF TWEEN
ty degrees between the surface OF the whit
blanket and the side next the earth. The wiz
ter wheat sleeps very comfortably. 1t is gath
ering strength for the morning when 1t shall pu
on its clothes. All men who have lived out 9
doors in winter know the warmth of snow
requires some skill to spread the blanket prof.
erlv. but given the skill it is by no means
shroud. The snow helps the umbe-man a
winter in getting his logs to the river and helI
him again in April by melting, when they G
gown tne current 10 the mills ana n market In
~ lumber business is in tho hollow CT God
hand.
- down Sixteenth street in Denver In III
slash of snowy inornirg, com plaining of tn
weather A cattle man soon sets me right II
says it is precisely Abe thing on the range tn:
the grass becomes dry and harsh and dusty, an
the snow washes and softens it. Snow is in I'll
interest Of beef There are often things to
attended to in this universe beside the polish q
citizens' boots.
look at the purpose Of rain and snow AZ
lee 1t is kind and good, aud the maker
more than o mechanic. He is q father with